Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of my friends at the pool asked me if we really could grow and harvest the figs in Ohio. From the latest research I have done, ...

The Brown Turkey fig tree (Ficus carica ‘Brown Turkey’) is a popular fruit tree prized for its sweet, mild figs and adaptability to West Texas. Native to the Mediterranean, this variety thrives in ...

The Brown Turkey fig tree (Ficus carica "Brown Turkey") is a popular fruit tree prized for its sweet, mild figs and adaptability to West Texas. Native to the Mediterranean, this variety thrives in ...

Q: I have Brown Turkey figs that are 10 and 12 years old. This year the fruit is large, but as they are lightly purpling up, the skin has wrinkled, and the fruit is very dry within. Some were black, ...

Q: My 6-year-old ‘Brown Turkey' fig tree looks great, but has only a few tiny green figs that look like they are not going to ripen. — E.P., Missouri City A: This problem can be caused when a tree is ...

Many dwarf fruit trees are easy to grow in containers, indoors or outdoors, or both. One somewhat less common fruit tree choice is the dwarf fig, which does well in colder zones outdoors in summer but ...

Figs, one of the most popular fruits grown in southern backyards, was one of the first fruits people cultivated. Archaeological evidence dates fig cultivation to about 4000 B.C. A native of ancient ...

I saw a fig tree growing in a front yard in Harrisburg that was producing a lot of ripening figs. Can we grow them in this area? I doubt whether this one was getting wrapped over the winter. A: We've ...

Did you know at one time up until the 1950s the Pearland-Friendswood area had no fewer than four fig canning plants? There were numerous fig orchards around in those days to supply the plants, which ...

One of my friends at the pool asked me if we really could grow and harvest the figs in Ohio. From the latest research I have done, what I discovered is yes, you can grow them and there is a potential ...